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Adelaide AI Event (12 Nov '20)

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +1030

koolth's AiLab are honoured to have another awesome lineup of speakers for the next virtual Adelaide Artificial Intelligence Meetup on the 18th November 2020 from 12.30pm until 2.00pm (ACDT).

From the USA, Komal Devjani joins us from alwaysAI – an easy-to-use platform for building and deploying deep learning computer vision applications on embedded devices. From Adelaide, Michelle Howie joins us from Telstra – Australia's leading telecommunications and technology company.

Komal’s talk will provide a high-level explanation of computer vision, use cases of computer vision applications and how to deploy computer vision on edge devices using alwaysAI. Michelle will talk about The Internet of Things (IoT) and how connecting billions of devices to the network promises a tsunami of data across all industry verticals (especially useful for AI-based solutions). Michelle will take us through the LPWAN (Low Power) and 5G (high performance) IoT networks, as well as the industry specific APIs that will make it easier to access, control and manage those data insights.

koolth's AiLab are the proud founders, organisers and sponsor the Adelaide AI Meetup and we continue to express our huge gratitude to the University of Adelaide's: Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) as our co-sponsors for this event – huge thanks to everyone for the support and making this event possible.

Our goal is to help support and build a diverse, inclusive and informed AI community – where like-minded people can discover, discuss, network and promote the latest in Artificial Intelligence in a fun and friendly format. The growing AAI community includes developers, startups, industry leaders, academia and government, so whether you’re a professional, a developer, an enthusiast, or just plain interested, please join us & support our brilliant presenters.

Please visit AiLab to find out more about the speakers and visit the Adelaide Artificial Intelligence Meetup Group to join the community and register via Zoom.

ARTICLE TAGS: ADELAIDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEETUP | AILAB | ADELAIDEAI | AAI MEETUP

Adelaide AI Event (15 Oct '20)

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +1030

koolth's AiLab are running the the next Adelaide Artificial Intelligence Meetup virtually over the coming months and are honoured to have another awesome lineup of speakers for on the 15th October 2020 from 6.30pm until 8.00pm (ACDT).

Joining live from the UK is James Brown & Matt Daley from rFpro – the leading simulation environment for the automotive and motorsport industries.

rFpro started as a project within a Formula 1 team in 2007. Customers include champions of every leading motorsport category and they maintain the largest library of digital road models including test tracks and race circuits for F1, NASCAR, WEC, IMSA, Indy, Formula E, Super-GT & Australian V8 Supercars.

Please visit AiLab to find out more about the speakers and visit the Adelaide Artificial Intelligence Meetup Group to join the community and register via Zoom.

ARTICLE TAGS: ADELAIDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEETUP | AILAB | ADELAIDEAI | AAI MEETUP

Adelaide AI Event (18 Nov '19)

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +1030

koolth's AiLab are honoured to have another awesome lineup of speakers for the next Adelaide Artificial Intelligence Meetup on the 18th November 2019 from 5.45pm until 8.00pm.

Chris Rowlands is the Innovation Officer at City of Greater Bendigo in Victoria and will be flying in to share details about Greater Bendigo's innovation and smart cities agenda and talk about one of his award-winning initiatives 'Clever Weather' – a system that uses Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to gather data about the weather, which can then be used to make city planning decisions.

koolth's AiLab is proud to host, organise and sponsor the Adelaide AI Meetup and we continue to express our huge gratitude to the University of Adelaide's: Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) and the City of Adelaide as co-sponsors for this event – huge thanks to everyone for the support and making this event possible.

Our goal is to help support and build a diverse, inclusive and informed AI community in a friendly and fun format. Whether you’re a professional, a developer, an enthusiast, or just plain interested, please come along and support our brilliant presenters. Drinks & nibbles are provided.

Visit the Adelaide Artificial Intelligence Meetup Group to join the community and to book your ticket via Eventbrite.

ARTICLE TAGS: ADELAIDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEETUP | AILAB | ADELAIDEAI | AAI MEETUP

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Event

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0930

koolth's AiLab are proud to present our next special, extended Adelaide AI event "Artificial Intelligence and Robotics", on the 12th September 2019 from 4.00pm until 8.15pm. Thanks so much to our co-sponsors the Australian Institute for Machine Learning: University of Adelaide and the City of Adelaide and event supporters the Adelaide Artificial Intelligence meetup for making this event possible.

Business event summary

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technology into robotics provides exciting new opportunities and applications. By sensing and adapting to surroundings (using AI methods), robots can navigate through complex environments and even learn new tasks. This event explores recent advancements in the integration of AI and Robotics to demonstrate the growing capabilities of both technologies.

This special event provides an opportunity to hear from world-class experts in the field of emerging technology and robotics. We're honoured to have a fantastic line-up of speakers that include Ali Anderson (Event MC) from AIML: University of Adelaide, Dr. Sue Keay from Data61 | CISRO in Queensland and Nicci Rossouw from Exaptec in Victoria. Both Sue and Nicci were featured in 'Inside Robotics' as two of the six women currently "rocking" the world of robotics in Australia.

You will have the chance to network and interact with emerging technology and robotics innovations in the Technology Showcase, hosted by Dr. John Flackett: Co-founder of AiLab (Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and koolth.

For full details on this event and to book a ticket, please visit Eventbrite.

AIML: University of Adelaide Event

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0930

On the 231st July 2019, our Co-founder, Dr. John Flackett , will be speaking in Adelaide about the the importance of AI strategy, and ensuring that your organisation is AI ready. Organised by the Australian Institute for Machine Learning: University of Adelaide. The event will be held in Room 5.57, Level 5, Ingkarni Wardli Building, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5005 from 4.30pm to 6.00pm.

Business event summary

Past Lessons, Present Uses and Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Dr. John Flackett is the co-founder and head of AiLab. With a background in providing AI education, research and developing internal AI solutions for over a decade, AiLab helps facilitate, educate and share information through expertise and knowledge via world-wide AI workshops, resources, research, events and talks. An international artificial intelligence speaker for many years, John regularly runs workshops and presents at events around the world (including UK, Europe, Australia, USA) speaking about AI, future jobs and emerging technology to industry, schools/education, community and government.

The AIML invites its Artificial Intelligence ETIG members in joining us to hear John speak about the importance of AI strategy, and ensuring that your organisation is AI ready!

For full details on this event and to book a ticket, please visit Eventbrite.

John has presented at events in the UK, Europe, Australia and USA. If you would like him to speak at your convention, conference, or event, please call us on +61 (0) 8 8464 0787 or email us to enquire or make a booking.

Adelaide AI Event (25 July '19)

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0930

We're honoured to have another awesome lineup of speakers for the next Adelaide Artificial Intelligence Meetup on the 25th July 2019 from 5.45pm until 8.00pm.

Dr. Hannah Brown is the Chief Science Storyteller at SAHMRI and one of Australia's inaugural 'Superstars of STEM'. Hannah is an expert in explaining difficult scientific concepts in a clear & entertaining way. Marco Salinas is the Co-founder/CEO at Hubble and will be talking about how his company has started using AI to design eco-friendly buildings – cutting validation of design decisions from days to minutes!

koolth's AiLab is proud to host, organise and sponsor the Adelaide AI Meetup and we continue to express our huge gratitude to the University of Adelaide's: Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) as a sponsor for this event and all the Adealide AI events in 2019 – huge thanks to the AIML for their support.

Visit the Adelaide Artificial Intelligence Meetup Group to join the community and to RSVP.

ARTICLE TAGS: ADELAIDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEETUP | AILAB | ADELAIDEAI | AAI MEETUP

Brand South Australia: Careers of the Future Event

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0930

On the 5th June 2019, our Co-founder, Dr. John Flackett, will be a panelist and co-presenter talking about Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Future Jobs at the Careers of the Future Industry Insight Luncheon organised by Brand South Australia. The event will be held at Ayers House, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia from 12.00pm to 2.00pm.

Business event summary

As technology continues to develop rapidly, we are preparing to welcome new careers and work patterns which will positively change many of our organisations. We are embracing the impact of complex mechanics through expanding robotics, automated technology, machine learning and web-based decision making tools. South Australia is bracing for future jobs and industries in a world of Artificial Intelligence.

Machine learning underpins the business models of the largest corporations and has the potential to deliver massive social, economic and environmental benefits. South Australia’s world-class research strengths lie in machine learning and the methods that support this; Artificial Intelligence, computer vision and deep learning.

Join us over a gourmet South Australian luncheon to hear from the following panel of industry leaders:

Dr Michelle Perugini: Co-Founder, Life Whisperer
Ali Anderson: Manager of Outreach Programs, Australian Institute for Machine Learning
Paul van der Linden: Co-Founder, OutThought
Dr John Flackett: Technical Director, koolth, and Head of AiLab

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights into Artificial Intelligence and the Careers of the Future in our state and the exciting changes this could bring to your organisation in years to come.

For full details on this event please visit the Brand South Australia website.

Powering Customer Experience with AI & Emerging Tech Event

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +1030

AiLab and koolth are proud to partner with the City of Adelaide to present a special Adelaide AI event "Powering Customer Experience with Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology", on the 7th May 2019 from 3.00pm until 8.00pm. Thanks so much to the City Adelaide for sponsoring and supporting this event. This event is also supported by the Adelaide Artificial Intelligence meetup, Ten Gigabit Adelaide and TPG.

Business event summary

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other Emerging Technologies (ET) are powering a change in how Customer Experience (CX) is both designed and delivered. From chatbots and voice-powered digital assistants to customised products and near real-time deliveries, companies are looking to leverage the latest advances in data processing, online services and powerful mobile hardware to give incredible customer service.

Split over two sessions (afternoon and evening), this special event provides an opportunity to hear from world-leaders who supply and employ new technologies to enhance the customer experience.

Incredible speakers in the afternoon include The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Sandy Verschoor, Zach Johnson from multi-award winning, Xandra and James Wang from globally-renowned Alibaba Cloud. In evening, you can experience cutting edge South Australian emerging technologies in the product showcase.Dr. John Flackett (Head of AiLab) will be hosting the event.

For full details on this event and to book a ticket, please visit Eventbrite.

Auckland University of Technology Event

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +1030

On the 27th March 2019, our Co-founder, Dr. John Flackett, will be speaking in Auckland about the Past, Present & Future of AI organised by Auckland University of Technology. The event will be held at AUT City Campus, WZ Building, WZ100, Auckland, New Zealand from 10.00am to 11.00am.

Business event summary

Past Lessons, Present Uses and Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The past decade has produced exciting and somewhat unexpected progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Yet, it’s not that long ago that lack of funding almost stopped AI in its tracks. Known as the ‘AI Winter’, businesses discovered that state-of-the-art AI systems were brittle and difficult to scale. Recently, the age-old debate about the best approach for achieving [real] AI has been reignited as some Deep Learning (DL) systems fail to live up to the original hype. An ever-increasing number of AI researchers are taking a fresh look at both symbolic and connectionist architectures and are exploring more hybrid solutions.

This lecture by visiting guest Dr. John Flackett explores the current uptake of AI and whether we’re in another AI bubble. John uses his AI research experience and his current work at AiLab to take a critical look at the AI landscape to see if there are approaches from the past that can help propel the AI of the future.

For full details on this event, please visit Auckland University of Technology.

ARTICLE TAGS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | AUCKLAND UNIVERISTY OF TECHNOLOGY | NEW ZEALAND | DR. JOHN FLACKETT | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SPEAKER

Access Denied": How to Protect your Business in a Cyber Age

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +1030

koolth's AiLab are proudly supporting "Access Denied": How to Protect your Business in a Cyber Age event, presented by City of Adelaide, FIXE (Future Industries Exchange for Entrepreneurship), Office of South Australian Chief Entrepreneur and AustCyber, on the 3rd April 2019 from 2.45pm until 5.00pm.

Business event summary

Is your business data safe? Do you know the risks and how to protect your digital assets? Can you identify and minimise risks to your business data and cyber security?

Businesses are more at risk now than ever. Scarcely a day goes by without an IT security mishap or data breach of some kind hitting the news. The loss or theft of customers’ personal information can have disastrous consequences for your business' future. It is critical that small businesses have cyber security measures in place. Data breaches can cost your business money, confidential information, and the trust of your customers.

Executive Director of ICT and Digital Government, Eva Balan-Vnuk, will guide a panel of experts to highlight case studies outlining the impacts that lost data can have on small business and how to continue to operate after an incident or crisis occurs. Attendees will hear best practice principles of data security and management through continuity planning.

For full details on this event, please visit AiLab.

ARTICLE TAGS: CYBER SECURITY | DATA SECURITY | CITY OF ADELAIDE | FIXE | AUSTCYBER